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Emerson Poll: Presidential Race Tightens After Party Conventions- Biden 49; Trump 47.
Emerson Polling ^ | August 31, 2020 | Spencer Kimball

Posted on 08/31/2020 2:05:32 PM PDT by nwrep

Since the Emerson College July national poll, President Donald Trump has tightened the presidential race to a two-point margin, and is now trailing former Vice President Joe Biden 49% to 47%. In July, former V.P. Joe Biden held a four-point lead over President Trump –– 50% to 46%.

Spencer Kimball, Director of Emerson College Polling explains “the Republican convention gave Trump his most positive week of news coverage which likely attributes to his bounce in this month’s poll and increasing job approval.”

Voters planning to vote early in person are breaking for Trump 50% to 49% while those who plan to vote in person on election break for the President 57% to 37%. Voters who said they plan to vote by mail break for Biden 67% to 28%.

Biden leads with all minority groups, albeit by different ranges. Biden leads with Asians 76% to 11%, Blacks/African Americans 77% to 19%, and Hispanic voters break for Biden 60% to 37%. White voters break for President Trump 56% to 41%.

Biden leads with voters over 65 years old 55% to 41% and with younger voters 18-29 at 61% to 34%. Trump leads with voters 30-49 53% to 41% and with voters 50-64 with 51% and Biden at 47%.

For the first time since he’s taken office, Trump’s job approval rating is approaching a majority, at 49% approval and 47% disapproval. This is a jump of four points since July, where Trump had 45% approval and 51% disapproval.


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1 posted on 08/31/2020 2:05:32 PM PDT by nwrep
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The August National Emerson College poll was conducted August 30-31, 2020. The sample consisted of likely Democratic, Republican, and Independent voters, n=1567, with a Credibility Interval (CI) similar to a poll’s margin of error (MOE) of +/-2.4 percentage points. The data sets were weighted by gender, age, education, party affiliation, race and region based on 2016 voter turnout modeling. It is important to remember that subsets based on gender, age, party breakdown, ethnicity, and region carry with them higher margins of error, as the sample size is reduced. Data was collected using an Interactive Voice Response (IVR) system of landlines (n=770) and an online panel provided by MTurk (n=797).


2 posted on 08/31/2020 2:05:48 PM PDT by nwrep
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To: nwrep

Earlier post

https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3879566/posts


3 posted on 08/31/2020 2:08:37 PM PDT by TexasGator (Z1z)
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To: nwrep

Nice place to be

We just need to keep the ‘rats from cheating

https://nypost.com/2020/08/29/political-insider-explains-voter-fraud-with-mail-in-ballots/


4 posted on 08/31/2020 2:09:17 PM PDT by Trump.Deplorable
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Yeah, right. The Dems are trying to convince people re: the landslide of mail-in ballots in their favor!


5 posted on 08/31/2020 2:10:08 PM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: nwrep

Remarkably good news given the hidden DJT vote.


6 posted on 08/31/2020 2:11:59 PM PDT by JonPreston
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Anyone paying attention would see that the chart dictates the Democrat strategy for success: use Antifa to disrupt the polls on voting day!


7 posted on 08/31/2020 2:15:19 PM PDT by the_Watchman
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To: nwrep

Yikes, does that include being down at least 20 in the two largest states in the nation. Those would be winning numbers indeed. That being said, polls are not to be trusted


8 posted on 08/31/2020 2:17:12 PM PDT by wiseprince
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To: nwrep

Interesting there is no breakdown of party affiliation percentages listed.


9 posted on 08/31/2020 2:18:48 PM PDT by Dave911
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To: nwrep

So much bull sh!t.


10 posted on 08/31/2020 2:19:16 PM PDT by Delta 21 (everyone needs to read this.)
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“Biden leads with Asians 76% to 11%”

This needs to change. For the most part, Asian Americas are hard-working, law-abiding citizens, many of them thrifty small-business owners, and thus should be natural constituency for the GOP.

Let’s dive into this a bit. Part of it may be due to the fact that in Asian-American bastions like California, the GOP is incredibly weak and the Dems are basically “the home team.”

Another element... it’s true that a not-insignificant number of Asian immigrants and their relatives hover around the edges of legal immigration status. And based on the number of Asian’s I’ve seen pulling out SNAP cars, WIC checks and lining up for grocery give-aways, they are also not bashful at milking government freebies. Also, 2nd generation Asian-Americans are over-represented in higher education where they’re exposed to and influenced the general leftist indoctrination culture of university campuses.

All of these factors are at play. Nonetheless, I feel like the GOP needs to work on outreach and messaging to these people and could be doing better than they are.


11 posted on 08/31/2020 2:20:17 PM PDT by irishjuggler
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The vote by mail numbers must be wrong. Actually 67% of Republicans will vote by mail...they just don’t know that they did.


12 posted on 08/31/2020 2:21:20 PM PDT by antidemoncrat (Biden's)
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To: nwrep

Emerson Bigguns


13 posted on 08/31/2020 2:22:45 PM PDT by Archie Bunker on steroids (We have a crime problem not a police problem)
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To: wiseprince
Yikes, does that include being down at least 20 in the two largest states

The last poll I saw in California bad Biden abead by a very high 39%.
By comparison, Hilary Clinton won California by 30%.
Biden is going to need to win the popular vote by a pretty large margin to win at all.

14 posted on 08/31/2020 2:29:37 PM PDT by SmokingJoe
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No way Asians are 7 out of 8

And this was the “landline” vote

Query: How many Asians do you know who use landlines vs mobile phones? “-)


15 posted on 08/31/2020 2:30:34 PM PDT by A_Former_Democrat (See George Fetanyl's mile-long Rap Sheet . . . TAG PedoJoe with "DEFUND the POLICE")
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To: irishjuggler
IF these are Indians they are all in favor of the free stuff.

They may work hard, but they are liberal and have no desire to assimilate.

16 posted on 08/31/2020 2:34:55 PM PDT by ealgeone
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To: nwrep

Fake Fake Fake
All polls are Fake!


17 posted on 08/31/2020 2:37:33 PM PDT by Revel
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(Joe Biden on Technology)

" Build half million charging stations on highways Every new plan we have for infrastructure has to be green. For example, we're going to be able to place 500,000 charging stations along every new highway we build. We can afford to do that. We're going to own the electric vehicle market. Source: CNN N. H. Town Hall on eve of 2020 N. H. primary , Feb 5, 2020"

(Biden's Moonshot) ...... Joe Schoffstall - JUNE 25, 2020 5:00 AM Nearly two-thirds of the money the Biden Cancer Initiative spent since its founding in 2017 went toward staff compensation and six-figure salaries for top executives. The group spent far less on efforts to eradicate cancer.

One of several nonprofits Joe Biden created following his tenure in the White House, the Biden Cancer Initiative paid top executives lavishly, with salaries comprising nearly 65 percent of its total expenditures. That is well above the 25 percent charity watchdogs recommend nonprofits spend on administrative overhead and fundraising costs combined.

The nonprofit raised and spent $4.8 million over its two years in operation, its 2017 and 2018 tax forms show. Slightly more than $3 million of that amount went to salaries, compensation, and benefits. At the same time, the group spent just $1.7 million on all of its other expenses. A bulk of this cash—$740,000—was poured into conferences, conventions, and meetings. It did not cut a single grant to any other group or foundation during its two-year run.

[snip...last para.] The nonprofit operated primarily through indirect money pledges from 57 partnerships, which included drug and health insurance companies. The group also pushed for data sharing, patient support, and other medical initiatives.

The Biden campaign did not respond to a request for comment. Simon did not respond to inquiries on the Biden Cancer Initiative's finances and what the group had ultimately achieved before ceasing its operations.

The Biden's live and lived an interesting life...

18 posted on 08/31/2020 2:41:02 PM PDT by yoe
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Trump is not doing too well with the Asians right now, mostly because of his attacks on China over the coronavirus. He got a respectable 29% of the Asian vote in 2016
19 posted on 08/31/2020 2:43:14 PM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: nwrep

How heavy did they oversample Dems and how many times did they run it to get a 2 pt lead for their guy?


20 posted on 08/31/2020 2:44:30 PM PDT by bray (Pray for President Trump)
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